Michael Green [1] is a Canadian architect, co-founder of Michael Green Architecture which he leads with firm partner Natalie Telewiak, and an author of books on mass timber construction. The Case for Tall Wood Buildings [2] [3] is a case study on using materials such as cross-laminated timber panels and engineered glulam wood beams to build skyscrapers as tall as 30 storeys, originally prepared in 2012 by Green, Equilibrium Consulting, LMDG Ltd. and BTY Group. [4] [5] Green also coauthored Tall Wood Buildings: Design, Construction and Performance, which was published by Birkhäuser in 2017. [6] [7] In March 2020, Birkhäuser published the second and expanded edition of this book. [8] [9] In 2013, Green gave a TED talk titled “Why we should build Wooden Skyscrapers’. [10] In 2014, Green received an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Northern British Columbia. [11]
Michael Green is the founder of Design Build Research [12] and Timber Online Education, [13] a non-profit school and research platform dedicated to teaching the design and construction of socially, culturally and environmentally relevant student-led installations with a focus in systemic change in building for climate, environment, disaster and global shelter needs. Green’s architecture firm Michael Green Architecture designed the seven-story T3 building in Minneapolis, which was built using 3,600 cubic metres of wood, and is intended to sequester about 3,200 tonnes of carbon for the life of the building. [14] [15]
In 2021, MGA | Michael Green Architecture was chosen as Best Firm in North America by Architizer Magazine. [16]
Michael Green was the Project Principal for MGA's four Governor General’s Awards for Ronald McDonald House,* [23] Wood Innovation and Design Centre, [24] North Vancouver City Hall,** [25] and the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club Dock Building. [26]
*Project began at McFarlane Green Biggar Architecture + Design and completed at Michael Green Architecture **Lead Design Architect: Michael Green, formerly of McFarlane Green Biggar Architecture + Design, now of Michael Green Architecture
Michael Green [1] is a Canadian architect, co-founder of Michael Green Architecture which he leads with firm partner Natalie Telewiak, and an author of books on mass timber construction. The Case for Tall Wood Buildings [2] [3] is a case study on using materials such as cross-laminated timber panels and engineered glulam wood beams to build skyscrapers as tall as 30 storeys, originally prepared in 2012 by Green, Equilibrium Consulting, LMDG Ltd. and BTY Group. [4] [5] Green also coauthored Tall Wood Buildings: Design, Construction and Performance, which was published by Birkhäuser in 2017. [6] [7] In March 2020, Birkhäuser published the second and expanded edition of this book. [8] [9] In 2013, Green gave a TED talk titled “Why we should build Wooden Skyscrapers’. [10] In 2014, Green received an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Northern British Columbia. [11]
Michael Green is the founder of Design Build Research [12] and Timber Online Education, [13] a non-profit school and research platform dedicated to teaching the design and construction of socially, culturally and environmentally relevant student-led installations with a focus in systemic change in building for climate, environment, disaster and global shelter needs. Green’s architecture firm Michael Green Architecture designed the seven-story T3 building in Minneapolis, which was built using 3,600 cubic metres of wood, and is intended to sequester about 3,200 tonnes of carbon for the life of the building. [14] [15]
In 2021, MGA | Michael Green Architecture was chosen as Best Firm in North America by Architizer Magazine. [16]
Michael Green was the Project Principal for MGA's four Governor General’s Awards for Ronald McDonald House,* [23] Wood Innovation and Design Centre, [24] North Vancouver City Hall,** [25] and the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club Dock Building. [26]
*Project began at McFarlane Green Biggar Architecture + Design and completed at Michael Green Architecture **Lead Design Architect: Michael Green, formerly of McFarlane Green Biggar Architecture + Design, now of Michael Green Architecture